Karen Ward runs WSU’s Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic. If you find strange rots or spots on your fruit trees or some mysterious ailment, Washington State University’s Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic is ready to help out. Karen Ward, clinic coordinator, accepts plant samples for diagnosis of diseases and disorders. The clinic, based in Pullman, serves growers and advisors, as well as the general public, primarily in central and eastern Washington. A second clinic at the Puyallup Research and Extension Center serves western Washington. Ward said she’s ready to diagnose anything from a common, but unidentified problem to a new, exotic disease. […]